Picture perfect: J.J. Watt tweets hilarious reaction to Badgers' rout of Wolverines

Shannon Ryan has covered Northwestern, Illinois and college football and basketball for the Chicago Tribune since 2007. She gives her thoughts on how the No. 10 Badgers match up with No. 19 Northwestern this weekend.

UW preparing for slugfest against the undefeated Wildcats, but it's shown a number of ways to attack defenses on the ground.

State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin discuss the No. 10 Badgers' game at Northwestern, the coaching matchup between the staffs and make Big Ten picks.

Through two games, the Badgers have four sacks and a sack rate of 7.7%, down from last year’s rate of 10.9%.

While witnessing a blowout of Michigan for the second consecutive season, University of Wisconsin football fans got a glimpse of the future.

No. 10 UW has used at least one fullback on half of its plays and the duo of Mason Stokke and John Chenal has scored four TDs this season.

Led by its defense, the Badgers jumped out to a 28-0 lead over the Wolverines on Saturday, spurred by two turnovers the defense caused on the first two Michigan possessions, and rolled to a 49-11 win. 

UW's 49-11 win over Michigan at Michigan Stadium showed that even after a COVID-19 outbreak cost the team two games, the Badgers are legitimate contenders.

A quick look at the 13th-ranked Badgers' 49-11 victory over the Wolverines in a Big Ten showdown Saturday night at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.

Tom Oates grades the 13th-ranked Badgers' performance in their 49-11 victory over the Wolverines Saturday night at Michigan Stadium.

By the end of the No. 13 Badgers’ 49-11 victory over the Wolverines, redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz had authored a performance that was solid while also leaving plenty of room for improvement.

Wisconsin hosts Minnesota for this year’s edition of the oldest and most-played rivalry in college football.

UW takes on Northwestern next week in a matchup of ranked teams that could go a long way in determining who wins the Big Ten West.

Instead of letting all the recent setbacks affect them, the Badgers showed how much resolve they have as a team by jumping all over Michigan early and rolling to a 49-11 victory.

The No. 13 Badgers finally get back on the field Saturday night after a COVID-19 outbreak within the program canceled two games and shut down in-person activities for more than a week.

Aaron McMann, Michigan football beat reporter for MLive Media Group, assesses the Wolverines’ matchup on Saturday against No. 13 Wisconsin.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz may be available to play for No. 13 Badgers in their first road game of the season.

James Franklin's charisma, big-picture thinking and track record of success checks all the boxes for USC, even if maybe he has maxed out at Penn State.

The Tigers' streak of top-five appearances reached 50 this week, the longest active streak in the country and the third-best in the history of the AP poll.

Big Ten football teams are sorting themselves out, making a clearer picture of who is pushing for a spot in the championship game. And four games in, we can safely say Northwestern and Indiana are legit.

Tone matters, especially to Jim Harbaugh, who sounded shell-shocked late Saturday night after his Wolverines lost, 49-11, to Wisconsin, but sounded ready to take on the world by noon Monday.

Get the latest postgame updates after the 10th-ranked UW football team fell to 19th-ranked Northwestern 17-7 Saturday at Ryan Field.

UW allowed Northwestern to control the action and failed to generate offense consistently en route to a 17-7 loss, dropping UW to 1-6 in its last seven trips to Evanston.

Freshman Chimere Dike hauled in a 49-yard TD in the first quarter but only caught one other pass for 3 yards as the Badgers' receivers struggled to get open against the Wildcats.

The redshirt freshman turned the ball over four times — three interceptions and a fumble — in No. 10 UW's 17-7 loss to No. 19 Northwestern at Ryan Field.